intermitted fasting

**testchef** · 09-17-2012, 05:54 AM

Hello all Im looking for help and info on i.f
pros cons etc
is any one currently doing this and what are your thoughts on fasting length . when is best to have your eating period . thanks

**951thompson** · 09-17-2012, 06:13 AM

Originally Posted by testchef

Hello all Im looking for help and info on i.f
pros cons etc
is any one currently doing this and what are your thoughts on fasting length . when is best to have your eating period . thanks

All depends what your goal is?
When im cutting I like to have a 6 hour window. When im bulking ( which im doing now) I have a 8 hour window. Leangains is a brilliant diet for losing bodyfat, I lose on average 1% of bodyfat per two weeks on this diet.
It's also working ok for me bulking too.

**testchef** · 09-17-2012, 06:23 AM

Looking to burn belly fat . been out the gym now for six weeks due to work commitments lost bit of muscle and gained belly due to un healthy eating .
looking for a solid programme to throw myself into .
whilst doing i.f is the food u eat also important i.e micro split ?

**951thompson** · 09-17-2012, 06:34 AM

Originally Posted by testchef

Looking to burn belly fat . been out the gym now for six weeks due to work commitments lost bit of muscle and gained belly due to un healthy eating .
looking for a solid programme to throw myself into .
whilst doing i.f is the food u eat also important i.e micro split ?

Yeah, leangains is'nt really a diet, it's more of a meal plan, a style of eating IE instead of eating 5 small meals every 3 hours or 3 square meals. You are eating you micros in a six hour Window. You can implement whatever micro split you please be it carb cycling, ketotis, low carb, carb only whatever.

I like to cut my calories 500 below maintenance. Works well for me, but you could try whatever you fancy ;-)

**fatman225** · 09-17-2012, 07:29 AM

Originally Posted by testchef

Looking to burn belly fat . been out the gym now for six weeks due to work commitments lost bit of muscle and gained belly due to un healthy eating .
looking for a solid programme to throw myself into .
whilst doing i.f is the food u eat also important i.e micro split ?

See my thread on it. Been doing it a while.

**RaginCajun** · 09-17-2012, 07:51 AM

there is a thread dedicated to this somewhere here. i did it for a while and love it. i am now converting back to eating more meals, but that has more to do with my training